http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/index.aspx?EventsListingOrig_List_GoToPage=2&NewsListingOrig_List_GoToPage=5&NewsListingOrig_SyndicationType=1 Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/14Jun-new-scientist-apperly.aspx Work by Professor Ian Apperly and colleagues is highlighted in the cover feature of this week's New Scientist magazine. The article "Mind readers: how we get inside other people's heads" describes research on social perspective-taking, to which Ian has made a significant contribution in the past decade. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:44:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/14Jun-new-scientist-apperly.aspx Ian apperly New Scientist mind readers perspective-taking mind reading http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/28May-papers-untreated-psychosis.aspx Dr Charlotte Connor, Honorary Fellow at The University of Birmingham, has recently had two papers published following research conducted in collaboration with Professor Max Birchwood at The University of Birmingham. Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:39:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/28May-papers-untreated-psychosis.aspx Charlotte Connor psychosis care untreated intervention YouthSpace young people youth http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/23May-leam-craig-award.aspx Professor Leam Craig, member of the Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology in the school, has received the 2013 Senior Academic Award from the Division of Forensic Psychology, for distinguished contribution to academic knowledge in forensic psychology. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:08:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/23May-leam-craig-award.aspx Leam Craig forensic criminological psychology criminological psychology Forensic Psychology award http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/20May-beech-workshop.aspx Professor Anthony Beech, Head of the Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology, School of Psychology, has recently presented (May 16-17th 2013) at an invited experts workshop entitled 'Developing sexual offender laws and treatment in Europe' at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and Criminal Law in Freiburg Germany. Mon, 20 May 2013 10:53:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/20May-beech-workshop.aspx anthony beech forensic criminological sexual offender criminal law offender http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/07May-rose-kroese-press-release.aspx This is the main paper to be produced from a trial of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) with people who have learning disabilities and anger problems that was supported by the National Institute for Health Research through an award of over a million pounds. John Rose and Biza Stenfert Kroese who work in the clinical group in the School of Psychology were integral members of the team. Tue, 07 May 2013 16:52:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/07May-rose-kroese-press-release.aspx CBT NIHR anger cognitive behaviour therapy cognitive behaviour therapy anger management http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/01May-university-guide-rankngs.aspx The University of Birmingham has been ranked number 7 out of 112 universities for Psychology subjects in the Complete University Guide 2014 league tables. Wed, 01 May 2013 10:05:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/01May-university-guide-rankngs.aspx Complete University Guide ranking psychology league tables university guide rankings Success http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/26Apr-larkin-inpatient-psychiatric.aspx Work conducted in the School's clinical psychology group is changing clinical practice in inpatient psychiatric units in Coventry Warwickshire Partnership Trust. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:37:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/26Apr-larkin-inpatient-psychiatric.aspx Clinical Psychology psychiatric unit psychiatric workshop care patient http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/25Apr-bagshaw-grant.aspx Drs Andy Bagshaw, Steve Mayhew and Amanda Wood, in collaboration with Dr Alberto Tannus (University of São Paulo) and Professor Peter Morris (University of Nottingham), have been awarded £72,000 to establish a research collaboration with Brazilian universities in the São Paolo region under the Scientific Cooperation Agreement between FAPESP, University of Nottingham and University of Birmingham. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:16:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/25Apr-bagshaw-grant.aspx Andy Bagshaw Steven Mayhew amanda wood grant award collaboration research http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/22Apr-neuropsychopharmacology-paper.aspx Ulrik Beierholm has contributed to a paper titled 'Dopamine Modulates Reward-Related Vigor', published in Neuropsychopharmacology on 18th February 2013. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:40:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/22Apr-neuropsychopharmacology-paper.aspx Neuropsychopharmacology energy vigour Dopamine reward human movement SPEED http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/28Mar-out-of-body.aspx University of Birmingham scientists are looking for volunteers who have had out-of-body experiences to come forward and be involved in a new study which seeks to identify the scientific causes behind these bizarre phenomena. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:13:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/28Mar-out-of-body.aspx School of Psychology Dr Jason Braithwaite Selective Attention & Awareness Laboratory out of body http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/28Mar13-easter-chocolate.aspx Research in the School of Psychology suggests that 'attentive eating' affects how much people choose to eat. A paper published recently by the research team in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition took an overview of research on attentive eating and concluded that encouraging people to eat more attentively could aid appetite control. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:55:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/28Mar13-easter-chocolate.aspx india eating chocolate psychologists easter Suzanne Higgs http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/26Mar-blissett-horizon.aspx In the forthcoming Horizon programme 'The Truth About Taste', Jackie Blissett will be discussing some of the reasons why children like some foods and dislike others, how this changes as they move from infancy to adulthood, and some of the psychological processes involved in our development of food likes and dislikes. Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:10:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/26Mar-blissett-horizon.aspx jackie blissett Horizon taste children like dislike infancy adulthood http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/22Mar-phd-student-conference.aspx PhD students Angela Meadows and Sara Tookey are running a multidisciplinary conference on the subject of Weight Stigma and Health. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:38:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/22Mar-phd-student-conference.aspx Angela Meadows Sara Tookey weight health weight stigma wellbeing http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/18Mar-teresa-da-silva.aspx Teresa da Silva, a doctoral research student working in the Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology under the supervision of Dr Jessica Woodhams and Dr Leigh Harkins, has contributed a chapter entitled "Multiple Perpetrator Rape as an international phenomenon" to the Handbook on the Study of Multiple Perpetrator Rape published on the 5th of March 2013. Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:32:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/18Mar-teresa-da-silva.aspx Teresa da Silva Multiple Perpetrator Rape Rape perpetrator chapter book published Doctoral researcher http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/18Mar-bagshaw-grant.aspx Drs Steve Mayhew (pictured right) and Andy Bagshaw (pictured left) have been awarded £39,840 by the Birmingham-Nottingham Strategic Collaboration Fund to develop a collaborative project entitled ' Birmingham-Nottingham multimodal neuroimaging alliance: Understanding spatio-temporal brain network dynamics'. Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:19:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/18Mar-bagshaw-grant.aspx Steve Mayhew Andy Bagshaw Andrew Bagshaw grant award funding Birmingham nottingham collaboration project brain network neuroimaging fMRI eeg neural http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/28Feb-forthcoming-text-woodhams.aspx Handbook on the Study of Multiple Perpetrator Rape, edited by Dr Jessica Woodhams and Professor Miranda Horvath, is the first text to be compiled regarding this type of sexual violence which has been so prominent in international news recently. Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:18:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/28Feb-forthcoming-text-woodhams.aspx Multiple Perpetrator Rape Rape Jessica Woodhams sexual violence Miranda Horvath http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/18Feb-jim-orford-fobts.aspx Representing the University and the organisation he has founded, Gambling Watch UK, Professor Jim Orford spoke last Monday at a meeting to launch a campaign to remove high-stake gambling machines from betting shops. Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:29:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/18Feb-jim-orford-fobts.aspx Ji Orford betting gambling Gambling Watch UK FOBTs fixed odds http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/18Feb-ceop-press-coverage.aspx The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) have released a press notice regarding the latest trends in child sexual exploitation online. One of the major stories highlighted by the press release was the published literature review written by Helen Whittle (School of Psychology PhD student and CEOP employee), Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis and Anthony Beech (School of Psychology). Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:01:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/18Feb-ceop-press-coverage.aspx Helen Whittle Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis anthony beech CEOP child exploitation child abuse online grooming grooming sexual exploitation literature review BBC http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/01Feb-grant-social-cognition.aspx Professor Chris Oliver, Dr Jo Moss, Professor Ian Apperly and Dr Joe McCleery have been awarded £200,000 by the Leverhulme Trust to carry out a three year project which will evaluate social-cognition and its relation to social functioning in three genetic syndromes; Cornelia de Lange, Fragile X and Rubinstein Taybi syndromes. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:44:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/01Feb-grant-social-cognition.aspx Chris Oliver Ian apperly Joe McCleery Leverhulme Trust grant award funding Social Cognition Cornelia de Lange Fragile X Jo Moss Rubinstein Taybi http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/01Feb-cerebra-resource-grant.aspx Professor Chris Oliver, Dr Jo Moss and Dr Debbie Allen have been awarded a grant from the ESRC in partnership with Cerebra. The project is part of the ESRC's knowledge exchange scheme and will enable the development of a website resource for parents, carers and professionals working with children and adults with six rare genetic syndromes. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/01Feb-cerebra-resource-grant.aspx Chris Oliver Jo Moss Debbie Allen ESRC grant award funding cerebra rare genetic syndromes http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/16Jan-stroke-assessment-tool.aspx Scientists at the University of Birmingham have devised a unique screening instrument that provides a 'one-stop' brain function profile of patients who have suffered stroke or other neurological damage. Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:52:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/16Jan-stroke-assessment-tool.aspx Dr Wai-Ling Bickerton Dana Samson M. Jane Riddoch Birmingham Cognitive Screen BCos Stroke Assessment tool http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/15Jan-braithwaite-grant.aspx Dr Jason Braithwaite has been successful in being awarded a grant for £32,000 from the Bial Foundation to study the role of cortical suppression in those showing signs of depersonalization disorder and associated dissociative / hallucinatory experiences in the non-clinical population. Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:36:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/15Jan-braithwaite-grant.aspx Jason Braithwaite Bial Foundation cortical suppression depersonalization hallucinations hallucinatory grant award http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/15Jan-alena-streltsova-journal.aspx Alena Streltsova, a doctoral research student working in the Infant and Child Laboratory, has published a study showing that touch areas of our own brain are activated as if we were being touched ourselves when we observe other people being touched. Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:21:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/15Jan-alena-streltsova-journal.aspx Alena Streltsova Infant and Child Laboratory babylab touch autism journal Joe McCleery http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/15Jan-elliot-equipment-sharing.aspx Dr Mark Elliott, from the School of Psychology is investigating group synchrony in collaboration with the Vibration Engineering Research Group at Sheffield University and has recently received £5k under the EPSRC Equipment Sharing scheme to access facilities at the University of Worcester's Motion Performance Centre. Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:25:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/15Jan-elliot-equipment-sharing.aspx mark elliot synchrony vibration sheffield university EPSRC equipment sharing scheme motion performance http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/21Jan13-secrets-3d-vision.aspx It's a familiar sight at the fairground: rows of people gaping at curvy mirrors as they watch their faces and bodies distort. But while mirrored surfaces may be fun to look at, new findings by researchers from the Universities of Birmingham, Cambridge and Giessen, suggest they pose a particular challenge for the human brain in processing images for 3D vision. Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:03:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/21Jan13-secrets-3d-vision.aspx Andrew Welchman http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/15Jan-galea-klein-vogelbach-prize.aspx Dr Joseph Galea (Birmingham Fellow, School of Psychology) has been awarded the '2012 Klein-Vogelbach Prize for the Research of Human Movement' for his paper 'Dissociating the roles of the cerebellum and motor cortex during adaptive learning: the motor cortex retains what the cerebellum learns'. Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/15Jan-galea-klein-vogelbach-prize.aspx Joseph Galea Klein-Vogelbach prize award human movement cerebellum motor cortex learning Birmingham Fellow http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/15Jan13-Beech-invited-talk.aspx Professor Anthony Beech has been invited to speak at the Open University Psychological Society conference at the University of Westminster on the subject of Understanding the Mechanisms of Sexual and Violent Offending: A Neurobiological Perspective. Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:36:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2013/15Jan13-Beech-invited-talk.aspx anthony beech conference invited speaker sexual offending violence violent offending offending neurobiological http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Dec12-cfcp-winterschool-conference.aspx Steven Gillespie and Juliane Kloess, doctoral researchers at the Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology, have been invited to present their research at the European Winterschool 2013. Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:45:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Dec12-cfcp-winterschool-conference.aspx Steven Gillespie Juliane Kloess doctoral researchers conference cfcp forensic criminological psychology Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology Winterschool http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Dec12-student-article-guardian.aspx MRes Clinical Psychology student Joshua Muggleton has had an article published on the Guardian website in which he discusses the American Psychiatric Association (APA)'s plans to remove the terms "Asperger's syndrome" and "autism" and replace them with "autism spectrum disorder". Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:30:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Dec12-student-article-guardian.aspx Joshua Muggleton APA American Psychiatric Association asperger's syndrome Asperger's syndrome autism Autism Spectrum Disorder http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Dec12-beech-radio4.aspx Professor in Criminological Psychology, Anthony Beech, has taken part in a discussion on Radio 4 on the psychology of the child sex offender. The programme was broadcast on Tuesday 11 December 2012 at 9am. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:55:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Dec12-beech-radio4.aspx anthony beech radio 4 child sex offender sexual abuse offenders http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Dec12-stephen-wood-grant.aspx An MRC grant for approximately £818K has recently been awarded to Professor Stephen Wood for research into – 'Linear and non-linear brain changes over the transition to psychosis'. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:04:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Dec12-stephen-wood-grant.aspx grant MRC Stephen Wood linear non-linear brain changes psychosis Schizophrenia brain changes http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Dec12-helen-whittle.aspx Forensic Psychology PhD student Helen Whittle has had two literature reviews accepted to be published in the Journal 'Aggression and Violent Behavior'. The article, titled, "A review of online grooming: characteristics and concerns" explores the research surrounding how young people are targeted by offenders on the internet. The second article explores risk factors that may make a young person vulnerable to being groomed online. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:02:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Dec12-helen-whittle.aspx Helen Whittle Aggression and Violent Behaviour aggression violent behaviour online grooming offenders vulnerable groomed literature reviews literature reviews http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/06Dec12-dvd-coeliac-disease.aspx Dr Ruth Howard and Dr Gary Law have created a new DVD for young people with Coeliac Disease. It came from an ESRC Knowledge Transfer Grant, and features young people talking about their experiences of living with and managing Coeliac Disease. Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:56:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/06Dec12-dvd-coeliac-disease.aspx Ruth Howard Gary law coeliac disease celiac managing DVD Media Centre Coeliac UK http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/07Nov12-orford-gambling.aspx Professor Jim Orford made an appearance on the BBC1 Panorama programme shown on the evening of Monday 5th November. Like last month's Channel 4 Dispatches programme, this was devoted to gambling and again focused on the problems associated with the high stake fixed odds betting machines now to be found in high street betting shops. Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:13:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/07Nov12-orford-gambling.aspx Jim Orford BBC panorama Dispatches gambling betting odds http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/07Nov12-birchwood-lester-grant.aspx Professor Max Birchwood and Professor Helen Lester (primary care) have recently secured an NIHR grant for £2M. The 'PARTNERS2' project aims to help primary care and community based mental health services work more closely together. Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:07:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/07Nov12-birchwood-lester-grant.aspx max birchwood Helen Lester Primary care NIHR grant PARTNERS2 Community mental health services YouthSpace http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/24Oct12-higgs-new-scientist.aspx Research conducted by Suzanne Higgs into the link between memory and appetite has featured in a New Scientist article titled 'Memory: Lost in the here and now'. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:42:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/24Oct12-higgs-new-scientist.aspx Suzanne Higgs Memory appetite New Scientist food amnesia digestion http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/24Oct12-esrc-grant-making-tools.aspx An ESRC collaborative project brings together developmental psychologists Sarah Beck and Ian Apperly and bioscientist Jackie Chappell to explore human tool making. The project develops work funded by a College of Life and Environmental Sciences Cutting Edge grant and Nicola Cutting's PhD work. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/24Oct12-esrc-grant-making-tools.aspx ESRC grant project funding developmental psychologist Sarah Beck Ian apperly bioscience jackie Chappell tool making http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/17Oct12-beech-forensic-book.aspx 'Forensic Psychology: Crime, Justice, Law and Interventions' has become the number one bestseller in Forensic Psychology on Amazon. The book is co-edited by Professor Anthony Beech (pictured right), Deputy Head of School and Head of the Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology at the University of Birmingham. Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/17Oct12-beech-forensic-book.aspx forensic psychology crime justice law interventions bestseller amazon anthony beech criminological criminology http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/17Oct12-bbsrc-award-memory.aspx Jonathan Lee and Attila Sik (School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine) have been awarded a 3 year grant from the Biolotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council: "The neural mechanisms of memory updating". Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/17Oct12-bbsrc-award-memory.aspx jonathan lee Attila Sik grant award biotechnology biological Sciences research council BBSRC Memory neural mechanisms http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/15Oct12-award-tuberous-sclerosis-association.aspx Lucy Wilde, from the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the School of Psychology, has been awarded one of the first postdoctoral research training fellowships from the UK support group charity the Tuberous Sclerosis Association. Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/15Oct12-award-tuberous-sclerosis-association.aspx Lucy Wilde cerebra centre neurodevelopmental Disorder fellowship tuberous sclerosis association grant award research training http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Oct12-miall-nature-podcast.aspx Chris Miall has featured in a news article and podcast for Nature titled 'Neuroscience: Idle minds' (19 September 2012), which discusses the activity of the brain while it is in a resting state. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:37:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/10Oct12-miall-nature-podcast.aspx Chris Miall nature podcast article brain idle resting activity fMRI MRI magnetic resonance Imaging scanning memories http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/13Sep12-autism-grant.aspx Dr Joe McCleery and incoming overseas PhD student, Supriya Malik, from the School of Psychology have been awarded £103,272 from the UK charity, Autistica, and Fortis Healthcare (India) for a research project entitled 'The effects of gesture training on the neural processing of auditory and visual gestures in children with autism.' Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/13Sep12-autism-grant.aspx mccleery psychology Autistica Fortis india gesture neural auditory visual children development http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/13Sep12-dinesh-ramoo.aspx Doctoral researcher Dinesh Ramoo (pictured) has been chosen as one of the six students sponsored by the British Science Association to represent the University at the British Science Festival in Aberdeen. Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:30:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/13Sep12-dinesh-ramoo.aspx Dinesh Ramoo science British festival event media impact society http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/13Sep12-breaking-cycle-grant.aspx Dominique Moran and Louise Dixon (Psychology) have been successful in obtaining funding from the ESRC for a project entitled 'Breaking the Cycle? Prison Visitation and Recidivism in the UK' (£370k fEC). Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:52:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/13Sep12-breaking-cycle-grant.aspx dominique moran louise dixon ESRC grant cycle prison visitation recidivism reoffending offending http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/13Sept12-ross-bartels-award.aspx The 'Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers' (ATSA) has awarded Ross Bartels the Graduate Student Award, with which he will be presented at ATSA's 2012 Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, USA (October 17th - 20th). Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:50:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/13Sept12-ross-bartels-award.aspx Ross Bartels ATSA association treatment sexual abuse abusers http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/09Sep12-jim-orford-dispatches.aspx Prof Jim Orford appeared on the Channel 4 Dispatches TV programme which finally appeared, after some postponements, on the evening of August 6. The programme was about one of Jim's favourite research topics, gambling, and particularly focused on what are now called Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs). Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:46:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/09Sep12-jim-orford-dispatches.aspx Jim Orford gambling FOBTs fixed odds betting casino http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/23Aug12-jason-thomas-award.aspx The British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) awarded Jason Thomas the Hannah Steinberg Award at its 2012 Summer Meeting in Harrogate, in recognition of his research. Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:23:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/23Aug12-jason-thomas-award.aspx BAP psychopharmacology Jason Thomas hannah steinberg steinberg award appetite drug mood psychiatric http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Jul12-bme-social-care.aspx A grant of £140,462 has been awarded to Drs. Michael Larkin, John Rose and Biza Kroese in the School of Psychology to explore the experiences and views of social care services amongst people with learning disabilities and black and minority groups. The award was made by the National institute for Health Research, School for Social Care Research (3rd Wave) and it will run until the end of 2013. Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:05:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Jul12-bme-social-care.aspx award grant Michael Larkin John Rose Biza Kroese Social care NIHR disability disabilities black minority http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Aug12-kim-quinn-award.aspx Dr Kimberly Quinn from the School of Psychology has been awarded £78,297 from the Leverhulme Trust for a research project entitled 'Witnessing Virtue versus Vice: Comparing Moral Praise and Moral Condemnation'. Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Aug12-kim-quinn-award.aspx Kimberly Quinn leverhulme moral praise condemnation virtue vice grant award http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/14Aug12-cncr-progress.aspx Research in the Centre for "Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics" is flourishing, and we are delighted to announce that we have secured more than €5.5M in funds coming into the University as part of five European research projects. Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:06:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/14Aug12-cncr-progress.aspx cncr research centre computational neuroscience cognitive Robotics computer http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/14Aug12-dixon-house-of-lords.aspx In July Dr Louise Dixon attended The House of Lords to raise awareness of the Everyman Project. It was an exciting networking event, and one that will raise awareness of an organisation delivering evidence-based treatment to violent men who aggress against their intimate partner. Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:57:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/14Aug12-dixon-house-of-lords.aspx Louise Dixon everyman partner aggess aggressive aggression abuse violence House of Lords http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/06Jul12-orford-dispatches.aspx Emeritus Professor Jim Orford will feature on The Channel Four TV show Dispatches on the subject of gambling. The special interest just now is in the types of gambling machines, new in the last 10 years, which allow people to play virtual casino-type games on machines to be found in high street betting shops. Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:01:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/06Jul12-orford-dispatches.aspx Jim Orford Dispatches betting gambling casino channel four http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/23Jul12-esrc-theory-mind.aspx Ian Apperly and Steven Frisson have been awarded a 3 year grant from the Economic and Social Research Council: "When and why do humans fail to use their "theory of mind"?" Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:25:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/23Jul12-esrc-theory-mind.aspx Ian apperly steven frisson ESRC theory Mind tom interaction communication socialisation grant http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/23Jul12-new-paper-sexual-offenders.aspx Steven Gillespie, Ian Mitchell, Dawn Fisher, and Anthony Beech have a paper published in 2012 in Aggression and Violent Behavior entitled 'Treating disturbed emotional regulation in sexual offenders: The potential applications of mindful self-regulation and controlled breathing techniques.' Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:55:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/23Jul12-new-paper-sexual-offenders.aspx aggression violent behaviour sexual offenders self-regulation breathing emotional regulation http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/23Jul12-leverhulme-trust-award.aspx Dr Jessica Woodhams has been successful in her application to the Leverhulme Trust for a grant to set up the first international network dedicated to research on crime linkage. Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:20:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/23Jul12-leverhulme-trust-award.aspx leverhulme Trust award grant Jessica woodhams crime offenders network international forensic DNA http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/11Jul12-congratulations-phd-students.aspx Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:30:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/11Jul12-congratulations-phd-students.aspx degree graduates congratulations phd awards http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/11Jul12-welcome-shapiro-raymond.aspx We are delighted to welcome two new members of the school. Professor Kim Shapiro and Professor Jane Raymond join us this month from the University of Bangor. Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:21:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/11Jul12-welcome-shapiro-raymond.aspx Kim Shapiro Jane Raymond Welcome new staff http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/11Jul12-kim-quinn-grant.aspx Dr Kimberly Quinn from the School of Psychology, in collaboration with Prof. John Cacioppo from the University of Chicago, has been awarded £478,137 from the Economic and Social Research Council for a research project to test a theoretical model of behavioural synchrony. Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:10:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/11Jul12-kim-quinn-grant.aspx Kim Quinn Kimberley Quinn behavioural synchrony http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/11Jul12-ventrolateral-prefrontal-cortex.aspx A paper newly published in Neuroimage written by Charlotte Hartwright, Ian Apperly and Peter Hansen demonstrates that typically functioning adults find it difficult to overcome their own perspective when making a behavioural prediction about someone else. Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:01:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/11Jul12-ventrolateral-prefrontal-cortex.aspx Charlotte hartwright Ian apperly neuroimage perspective http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/11Jul12-erp-bootcamp.aspx Students and staff interested in becoming more expert in using the event-related potential (ERP) approach to studying human cognition were recently treated to a rare event on the University of Birmingham campus. Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:01:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/11Jul12-erp-bootcamp.aspx erp cognition event-related boot camp http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/25Jun12-mavritsaki-paper.aspx Eirini Mavritsaki along with her colleagues Dietmar Heinke, Harriet Allen, Gustavo Deco and Glyn Humphreys have been awarded the British Psychological Society Cognitive Psychology Prize for 2012. The ceremony will take place in Glasgow in the BPS Annual Cognitive Section Conference, 29-31 August 2012. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:28:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/25Jun12-mavritsaki-paper.aspx Life and Environmental Sciences http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/18May12-cognitive-therapy.aspx Cognitive therapy (CT) reduces the severity of psychotic experiences in adults who are at risk of developing conditions such as schizophrenia, a study published on the BMJ website claims. Fri, 18 May 2012 14:33:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/18May12-cognitive-therapy.aspx cognitive therapy CT psychotic schizophrenia BMJ http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/18May12-autism-diagnosis.aspx It is often reported that the presentation of ASD characteristics in these genetic syndromes differs (in very subtle ways) to that observed in individuals with ASD. According to current diagnostic guidelines this might be classified as 'atypical autism'. Forthcoming changes to these guidelines may result in many individuals with genetic syndromes who currently meet diagnostic criteria for 'atypical autism' to be excluded, with inevitable consequences for access to appropriate resources and intervention. Fri, 18 May 2012 14:32:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/18May12-autism-diagnosis.aspx child Psychiatry autism genetic syndrome asd Cornelia de Lange intervention atypical http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/18May12-di-luca-grant.aspx The project will investigate how humans perceive the softness of an object while pressing their hand against it. The grant will be used to purchase a force-feedback device that simulates the haptic interaction with objects having different materials. Fri, 18 May 2012 14:17:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/18May12-di-luca-grant.aspx Massimiliano Di Luca Royal Society material softness haptic sensorimotor http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/05Apr12-autism-day.aspx A large number of Staff and Postgraduate students, as well as the Chancellor and Vice Chancellors of the University, wore blue on the 2nd of April, 2012, in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:52:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/05Apr12-autism-day.aspx autism world autism day http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/27Mar12-esrc-award.aspx The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) have awarded Dr Alex Balani £71K to investigate the interaction between working memory and selective attention. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:11:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/27Mar12-esrc-award.aspx ESRC economic social research council award funding grant Memory attention Alex Balani brain activity visual http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/27Mar12-leverhulme-funding.aspx The Leverhulme Trust has awarded the University of Birmingham a £125,634 Research Project Grant to examine Cortical hyperexcitability and the out-of-body experience (OBE). Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:11:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/27Mar12-leverhulme-funding.aspx out-of-body cortical OBE Jason Braithwaite bodily experiences neuroscientific leverhulme grant funding award http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/22Mar12-big-bang.aspx From 15-17 March a group of staff and students from the School were at the Big Bang Fair at Birmingham's NEC. The annual event is aimed at young people across the UK and encourages them to get involved in science, maths and engineering. Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:21:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/22Mar12-big-bang.aspx big bang bounce food taste smell NEC school children young people engagement Community Suzanne Higgs Alan Wing mark elliott http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/20Feb12-action-perception.aspx Previous research on dual-tasks has shown that, under some circumstances actions impair the perception of action-consistent stimuli, while under other conditions actions facilitate their perception. This paper proposes a new model to reconcile these contrasting findings. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:54:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/20Feb12-action-perception.aspx perception stimuli action Psychological Review movement control planning perceptual http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/20Feb12-out-of-body-experiences.aspx Recent research from the School of Psychology revealing underlying biases in brain function and how these relate to anomalous bodily experiences is to be published soon in the top international neuroscience journal 'Cortex'. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:37:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/20Feb12-out-of-body-experiences.aspx Jason Braithwaite brain cortex neuroscience out of body bodily experiences http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Feb12-ban-welchman-depth-cues.aspx Hiroshi Ban and Andrew Welchman's new paper in Nature Neuroscience reveals an area of the brain that fuses different depth cues together to support three-dimensional (3D) perception. The research demonstrates that area V3B/KO in the dorsal visual cortex is particularly important in integrating depth information from different cues. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:37:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Feb12-ban-welchman-depth-cues.aspx hiroshi ban Andrew Welchman nature neuroscience depth cues 3D three-dimension visual cortex dorsal http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Feb12-beech-new-book.aspx Graham Davies (University of Leicester) and Anthony Beech (University of Birmingham) present an exciting and broad range of topics within the field including detailed treatments of the causes of crime, investigative methods, the trial process, and interventions with different types of offenders and offences. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:15:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Feb12-beech-new-book.aspx forensic psychology anthony beech crime trial offender offence cfcp http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Feb12-grant-deaf-comms.aspx Sotaro Kita has been awarded a £98,000 research grant from the Economic and Social Research Council, with two collaborators, Professor Susan Goldin Meadow and Professor Diane Brentari (both at the University of Chicago). Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:40:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Feb12-grant-deaf-comms.aspx Sotaro Kita ESRC deaf communication sign language gesture gestural language Phonology linguistic home signs http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Feb12-deb-nihr.aspx Professor Shoumitro Deb (School of Psychology, University of Birmingham) has been appointed as a panel member for the West Midlands Research for Patient Benefit advisory committee. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:24:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Feb12-deb-nihr.aspx Shoumitro Deb panel committee member NIHR West Midlands patient benefit health http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Feb12-mhrn-meeting.aspx This Scientific Meeting gives researchers and mental health professionals the chance to meet together and find out about some of the pioneering studies supported by the MHRN. Professor Max Birchwood will be speaking on 'Public mental health and the prevention of serious mental illness' on Wednesday 25th, and Professor Shoumitro Deb will be chairing a session to discuss 'Interventions in Intellectual Disabilities: what is the evidence' on Thursday 26th. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/21Feb12-mhrn-meeting.aspx mhrn max birchwood Shoumitro Deb mental health NIHR heart of england scientific meeting health care http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/31Jan-collaboration-receives-government-investment.aspx The Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) will receive £4.5 million from the BBSRC. Match funding from the three universities will enable the partnership to fund up to 90 four-year PhD studentships over the next three academic years in important biological fields such as food security, industrial biotechnology and bio-energy. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:50:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/31Jan-collaboration-receives-government-investment.aspx phd funding BBSRC biosciences research http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/26Jan12-wing-welchman-bbsrc.aspx Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:51:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/26Jan12-wing-welchman-bbsrc.aspx Alan Wing Andrew Welchman BBSRC panel http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/26Jan12-maxdiluca-award.aspx Dr Max Di Luca has been awarded a 100k€ Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (CIG) for a project titled 'Temporal Information in Crossmodal Stimuli. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:31:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/26Jan12-maxdiluca-award.aspx Max Di Luca Marie Curie CIG integration crossmodal stimuli http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/20Dec11-human-brain-epsrcgrant.aspx Andrew Bagshaw (School of Psychology) and Theo Arvanitis (School of Electronic, Electrical & Computer Engineering) have been awarded a £716,000 EPSRC grant for a new project: 'The Human Brain as a Complex System: Investigating the Relationship between Structural and Functional Networks in the Thalamocortical System'. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:50:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/20Dec11-human-brain-epsrcgrant.aspx Andrew Bagshaw Theo Arvanitis human brain complex system functional networks brain thalamocortical system brain networks EPSRC grant http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/20Dec11-feeding-for-life.aspx Jackie Blissett, Gill Harris and Suzanne Higgs have been awarded a £50K Feeding For Life Foundation grant towards a project examining the effectiveness of specific ways in which parents may increase the success of introducing new foods to their 2-3 year olds. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/20Dec11-feeding-for-life.aspx jackie blissett Gill Harris Suzanne Higgs Feeding for Life Foundation grant food preferences toddlers healthy foods taste exposure http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/20Dec11-self-injurious-behaviour.aspx Dr Caroline Richards' PhD research investigating the risk markers and causes of self-injurious behaviour in autism spectrum disorder was highlighted in a recent Channel 4 News article. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:07:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/20Dec11-self-injurious-behaviour.aspx Caroline Richards self-injurious behaviour Autism Spectrum Disorder antipsychotics psychological intervention medical assessment cerebra http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/20Dec11-maclean-award.aspx Stuart Derbyshire is the 2012 winner of the Paul D MacLean Award for Outstanding Neuroscience Research in Psychosomatic Medicine. The award is given every year by the American Psychosomatic Society (APS) for outstanding neuroscientific research that advances knowledge directly related to Dr MacLean's hypothesis regarding altered cortical-subcortical interactions affecting physical disease outcomes or mediating processes that can be directly linked to disease outcomes. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:59:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/20Dec11-maclean-award.aspx Stuart Derbyshire Paul Maclean APS Psychosomatic neuroscientific http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/20Dec11-judith-trust.aspx A report compiled by Biza Stenfert Kroese and John Rose investigating the training needs of staff who work with people with Learning Disabilities from the Judith Trust charity has recently been launched. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:49:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/20Dec11-judith-trust.aspx Biza Stenfert Kroese John Rose psychology news mental health Learning disabilities Judith Trust training needs charity http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/17Nov11-stephen-mayhew.aspx Dr Stephen Mayhew was one of the successful candidates offered a Birmingham Fellowship under the Cognitive Psychology theme. Steven explains a bit about his research. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:31:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/17Nov11-stephen-mayhew.aspx Birmingham Fellowship fMRI eeg Imaging human brain cognitive psychology stephen mayhew http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/17Nov11-leah-bull.aspx School of Psychology PhD student Leah Bull was awarded the Pat Howlin prize at this year's Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes Scientific Symposium held in Brisbane. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:08:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/17Nov11-leah-bull.aspx Leah Bull Pat Howlin behavioural phenotypes symosium psychology prize Student Prize prize http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/03Nov11-birmingham-fellows.aspx Four Birmingham Fellowships have been offered under the Cognitive Psychology theme, championed by the School of Psychology. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/03Nov11-birmingham-fellows.aspx Birmingham University of Birmingham fellow fellowship Fellows Fellowships cognitive psychology recruitment http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/03Nov11-derbyshire-derrenbrown.aspx Channel 4 is currently showing a series of four shows by Derren Brown called "The Experiments". The first 'experiment' asked whether an ordinary person could be programmed to kill using hypnotic suggestion. Dr Stuart Derbyshire was asked to take part, along with Professor Zoltan Dienes from Sussex University, to discuss the nature of hypnosis and to facilitate a hypnotic task that could not be easily faked or simulated. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/03Nov11-derbyshire-derrenbrown.aspx Stuart Derbyshire derren brown The experiements hypnosis pain hypnotic documentary http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/03Nov11-comfort-eater-beater-app.aspx Dr Jackie Blissett and IdeasLab at the University of Birmingham have designed an app to try to get people thinking about how they are using food to deal with their emotions, and to try to suggest simple alternatives that may get people through those moments when a chocolate biscuit seems irresistible. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/03Nov11-comfort-eater-beater-app.aspx jackie blissett IdeasLab eating compulsive eating app iTunes Comfort eating comfort eater beater http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/03Nov11-cognitive-screen.aspx BCos, the Birmingham Cognitive Screen project, is featured in the National Institute for Health Research Stroke Research Network short film series (part 2) released for the World Stroke Day on the 29th Oct 2011. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/03Nov11-cognitive-screen.aspx BCos Cognitive Screen stroke NIHR World Stroke Day http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/03Nov11-RememberingtoForget.aspx Retrieving a memory is crucial when trying to extinguish it completely, according to research published today (18 October) by University of Birmingham scientists in the journal Nature Communications. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/03Nov11-RememberingtoForget.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/29Sept-orford-honorary-bps-fellow.aspx Emeritus Professor Jim Orford (pictured right) was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society at the Society's annual general meeting in London on 24th June. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:34:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/29Sept-orford-honorary-bps-fellow.aspx Jim Orford honorary BPS Psychological Society http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/29Sept-someone-elses-perspective.aspx Many studies suggest that multiple brain processes are involved in perspective-taking. Joe McCleery, Ian Apperly and colleagues have combined new behavioural methods with scalp recording of the brain's electrical activity to investigate the order in which these processes occur. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:34:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/29Sept-someone-elses-perspective.aspx brain processes perspective http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/29Sept-second-seminar-perpetrator-rape.aspx Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:33:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/29Sept-second-seminar-perpetrator-rape.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/paper-perception-psychophysics.aspx Studies into human visual perception rarely control for how participants weigh up processing speed against processing accuracy. For the first time, the paper presents evidence in one experiment that IOR affects both, processing speed and processing accuracy. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:10:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/paper-perception-psychophysics.aspx IOR attention perception psychophysics accurate visual accuracy inhibition return http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/29Sept-gestures-problem-solving.aspx A recent paper in Psychological Science demonstrates that when one spontaneously produces gestures during problem solving, one tends to solve the problem based on concrete spatial information as opposed to more abstract information. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:10:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/29Sept-gestures-problem-solving.aspx psychological science gestures problem solving http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/19Sep11ResearchExplainsWhyPeopleGetDrunkattheOfficeParty.aspx Getting drunk at the office party and behaving in an inappropriate way may be down to the fact that drinking alcohol in an unfamiliar environment can lead to an inability to reign in unsuitable behaviour, according to research by psychologists at the University of Birmingham published online in the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:55:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/19Sep11ResearchExplainsWhyPeopleGetDrunkattheOfficeParty.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/paper-sexual-offences.aspx The drive to commit sexual offences against children remains largely unknown. In this paper we set out a neurobiologically inspired model which shows how problematic parent-offspring attachment processes can lead to a series of psychological problems which ultimately result in a predisposition to paedophilic acts. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:33:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/paper-sexual-offences.aspx sexual offences children parent paedophilic forensic cfcp http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/sarahbeck-donaldson-prize.aspx Sarah Beck has been awarded the 2011 Margaret Donaldson Early Career Prize by the British Psychological Society. The prize is awarded for outstanding contribution within the field of developmental psychology. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:29:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/sarahbeck-donaldson-prize.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/ian-elliot-bps-award.aspx Ian Elliott has been awarded the 2011 Junior award by the BPS Division of Forensic Psychology. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:21:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/ian-elliot-bps-award.aspx Forensic Psychology ian elliot http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/welchman-wellcome-grant.aspx Andrew Welchman has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:09:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/welchman-wellcome-grant.aspx Research http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/grants-july2011.aspx New grants awarded to staff in the School of Psychology in July 2011. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:00:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2011/grants-july2011.aspx grants psychology